Henry dobson



(Mdel.)

H. DOBSON.

SKATE. y

No. 250,059. Patented Nov. 29,1881. y

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEL HENRY DOBSON, OF HULL, COUNTY OF YORK, ENGLAND.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,059, dated November 29, 1881.

Application filed June 8, 1881. (Model.) Patented in England February 3, 188i.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY DoBsoN, a suhject ot' Great Britain, residingat Hull, in the county of York, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Skates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of iceskates in which the skate iron or runneris attached to a rigid wooden clog.7

Heretofore skates of this class have been eX- clusively made for attachment to or againstthe sole and heel of an ordinary boot or shoe and held in place by means of straps, which pinch or cramp the foot of the wearer, while they lift the foot much higher than is desirable and are affected by the almost universal unevenness of worn boot and shoe heels. More expensive skates have been made for attachment in various ways, including a class of proposed styles in which the skate iron or runner is attached to the ordinary sole and hee-l of a boot or shoe, which is substituted for the walking boot or shoe. v

The present invention consists in a wooden clog-skate, which I term the sabot-skate,

'adapted to be worn as a substitute for the ure 1 is an elevation of one of my sabot-skates, l

complete in illustrative form, and Fig. 2 is a like view ofthe two principal parts of another of my said skates, illustrating more particularly the improved construction ofthe cloO.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures, I representing the skate iron or ruimer, which may be ot' any approved style; C, the wooden clog, to which said iron is attached in customary manner, the clog itself being constructed, however, with an upper surface, Iitted to the sole of a wearers foot, as clearly shown in Fig. 2; and U, the upper of leather o1' the like, which may be that of a boot or shoe of any suitable pattern, and provided with customary fastenings, said upper being attached to the edges ofthe Wooden clog by ordinary shoe-nails or like fastenings driven into the clog, as shown in Fig. 1.

The finished article (shown in Fig. l) is worn as a substitute for the walking boot or shoe, the sole of the foot resting directly upon the low wooden clog and serving to steady the ruuncr in the most eective manner, while the clog serves to keep the foot warm, and the upper need not be fastened more tightly than is comfortable.

I disclaim as old a skate adapted to be worn as a substitute for the walking boot or shoe, broadly considered; but

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The within-described clog-skate, constructed with a wooden clog having its upper surface fitted to the sole of the wearer-s foot, and an upper ot' leather or the like attached to the edges of said clog by nails or like fastenings, substantially as shown, for the purposes set forth.

HENRY DOBSON.

Witnesses:

RoBT. F. DRURY, FRANK T. DRURY. 

